PLATE LXXII. 
i. CARRION APPLE. 
[Syn : Kempley Red.~\ 
This variety takes its name in the Pyon district of Herefordshire, from the fact of one 
of the oldest trees being used to hang the dogs meat on. It has been exhibited in the Hereford 
Apple Shows under the name of Kempley Red. 
Description .—Fruit: small, oblong, and regular in shape. Skin : with a yellowish green 
coloured ground in the shade, but the whole surface is nearly covered with crimson, which becomes 
very dark on the side next the sun, with splashes of a deeper shade all over the fruit. Eye : 
small and closed, level with the surface. Stalk : long and slender, inserted in a very small and 
narrow cavity. Flesh : yellow, pink tinted near the skin. Juice : small in quantity, of full amber 
colour, viscid, sweet, with some astringency. 
The chemical analysis of the juice (1883) by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., gave the following 
results :— 
Density of the fresh filtered juice ... ... ... 1*050 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’ exposure ... ... 1*050 
One hundred parts of the juice by weight yielded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 12’800 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 1*500 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 85700 
The tree grows to a medium size, and is very prolific. 
